Feminist historiography represents a radical reimagining of how history is studied, written, and understood. It emerges as a critical response to the traditional narratives of history, which have long been dominated by male-centric perspectives and patriarchal frameworks, often rendering women and other marginalized genders invisible. Feminist historiography is inherently interdisciplinary, drawing on insights from sociology, anthropology, literature, and cultural studies to enrich its analysis. It employs innovative methodologies such as oral histories, and life history, which capture the lived experiences of women who may not have left written records, and archival data such as legal codes, archaeological evidence, temple records, literature and arts, that reads "against the grain" to uncover hidden narratives (Sangari & Vaid, 1989). It also emphasizes intersectionality, recognizing that gender cannot be understood in isolation from other axes of identity such as caste, class, race, and sexuality.
